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Megascleres: Subtylotes-Strongyles of 2 size classes.
All megascleres > 400 μm. |
| | Tedania (Tedania) sp.
[of Lee] |
Sponge:
Encrusting to 5 mm thick.
Color: not recorded.
Spicules: Megascleres:
(1) Subtylotes to Strongyles with microspined heads:
473 -535- 576 um.
(2) Subtylotes to Strongyle:
673 -754 - 824 um.
Microscleres:
(1) Micro-spined microxeas:
80 -93- 104 um.
Skeleton:
Ectosome thin, membranous, with but a few Strongyles parallel to surface.
Choanosome paucispicular to multispicular tracts form very irregular meshwork, with tracts to surface. Just below surface tracts splay with spicules barely penetrating membrane.
Distribution: Central California.
Depth: Intertidal.
Note: Microspined ends of megascleres difficult to see.
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Megascleres Strongyles, Subtylotes or Tylotes of a single size class with microspined heads.
All megascleres < 400 μm.
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